Browsing Month June, 2013

I've been asked, since the release of my novel Baxter's Friends whether I am familiar with the novelist Jonathan Franzen and whether his writing influenced me. The answers are- yes, I am familiar with him and no, he has not influenced my writing, for several reasons I will set out hereinafter.
I assume I am asked these questions because we both are originally from the more...

I have had a number of friends, acquaintances and family members give me positive feedback on Baxter's Friends. It is very gratifying when people you know and respect like your work. I hope the word spreads to others. Thanks to more...

Love’s Alchemy
Review by O. Victor Miller
Running at Night: Collected Poems 1976-2012
By Ned Randle
I don’t read much poetry anymore, never write about a living poet, never would’ve discovered Running at Night by Ned Randle without a personal connection to the poet, his wife Rita, his niece, his deceased sister Carol, to whose memory this thin book is dedicated more...

Baxter's Friends
Ned Randle
Coffeetown Press
PO Box 70515
Seattle, WA 98127
9781603811620, $13.95, www.camelpress.com
Middle age is where we wonder if there's more to life than what we've seen. "Baxter's Friends" tells the story of Jerry Baxter and his associates, as they struggle with the burden of entering the second half of their lives, dealing with their more...

Baxter's Friends, a work of literary fiction, was officially released June 1st. The book looks great. Coffeetown Press did an excellent job. The book is available through this website, www.coffeetownpress.com and more...

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Jerry Baxter’s father liked to sing the old cowboy song, “O bury me not on the lone prairie …” when he drank. Ironically, Baxter and his two good friends, Hugh Ferguson and Al Mitchell, are soon to be buried alive, and the hole they are digging for themselves is getting deeper all the time. …

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Shows real promise... Baxter’s Friends left me hoping Randle spends more time at a keyboard than he does in a courtroom. Read more.

- Harry Levins, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Ned Randle’s poetry collection Running at Night often touches upon the most humdrum aspects of life, and yet somehow Randle always manages to communicate the sheer beauty and wealth of possibilities... Read more.

- Sarah Rae, Poydras Review

When we read through Running at Night, we are reminded that while we all feel each and every one of these illustrious emotions, it is still a gift to know how to pull forth the... Read more.

- Mr. & Mrs. Garbanzo (The Garbanzo Literary Journal)

Running at Night …is a courageous book of witnessing. It takes the reader through dark paths on fast foot. The poems are written with a sure hand, the images right... Read more.

- Ariana D. Den Bleyker, Emerge Literary Journal

In recognizably American fashion, [Randle's poems] reach from the ground on which he lives to dreams earned and known. Read more.